huevos haminados

Pronunciations

huevos haminados (WEH-voos ah-mee-NAH-doos) listen

Definitions

  • n. Sephardic eggs cooked overnight, either on their own or as part of chamin.

Example Sentences

  • "Huevos Haminados are hard-boiled eggs made brown by extensive cooking with onion skins and coffee grounds." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Ladino

Etymology

  • Ladino huevos 'eggs' + haminados, derived from Hebrew chamin

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and
      • post-expulsion
      • in Turkey
      • Greece
      • and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      uevos aminados, huevos chaminados

Notes

  • Sometimes called 'haminados' for short.


    See also huevo.

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